F1 Belgian GP: Gutierrez under fire again after Wehrlein incident
Este🌱ban Gutierrez will take a five-place grid penalty coming into qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix after he was inv🗹olved in another controversial 'blocking' incident during third practice at Spa-Francorchamps.
The Mexican received critici꧑sm from Lewis Hamilton and then Daniel Ricciardo for his conduct when being lapped during the Hungarian Grand Prix and the German Grand Prix respectively, though the Haas driver insisted his actions weren't intentional.
However, Gutierrez ran into yet more controversy in FP3 at Spa after being caught by a full speed Pascal Wehrlein while touring on the racing line at the top of Eau Rouge, forcing the Manor dr🌠iver to the grass at Radillon as they entered the Kemmel Straight.
The near miss prompted thꦚe German to lash out at Gutierrez on the team radio, and the FIA quickly confirmed that the incident was under investigation.
It took a while before the five-place penalty was handed down, along with the addition of three points on Gutierrez's licence, but the Mexican joins Lewis Hamilton♌, Fernando Alonso and Marcus Ericsson (all mechanically-related) in taking penalties before qualifying.
WEH (on GUT) : "The ****ing idiot, what is he doing?"
Tempers running high already in -- Formula 1 (✃@F1)
On this occasion, howe𓂃ver, the stewards decided that there was no case to answer, allowing K-🌃Mag to take up his earned grid slot.
